Nuestra Herencia adds flavor to Hispanic Heritage Month
Music, dance and culture filled Rice's Grand Hall during the annual Nuestra Herencia, an event sponsored by the Office of Public Affairs’ Multicultural Relations as part of Hispanic Heritage month held Oct. 5.
Q&A: How Rice and Houston Methodist are building the future of digital health
Ahead of the Houston Methodist-Rice University Digital Health Institute Summit Oct.8, Rice News spoke with institute leadership about the institute’s vision, its distinctive assets and the opportunities it opens for the future of health care.
Rice volleyball closed out the weekend with a 3-0 sweep of Memphis on Sunday at Elma Roane Fieldhouse.
OpenStax surpasses $3B in student savings, grows beyond textbooks
OpenStax, an educational initiative of Rice, announced that it has surpassed $3 billion in cumulative student savings since 2012 — nearly tripling the amount from just four years ago. The milestone underscores the organization’s continued impact on educational access and the growing demand for adaptable, high-quality learning materials.
Bees, poetry and sound: ‘The Fruit and the Work’ takes flight at Shepherd School
The piece explored the evolving relationship between humans and honeybees through music, poetry, electronic sound and visual design.
‘A life well lived in service’: Rice celebrates retiree West
Rice recently honored an employee who has dedicated more than 36 years of service to the campus and all who enter its doors. The Sept. 25 celebration for alumna Jan West ’73, assistant director of multicultural community relations, highlighted her tenure, which is marked by breaking barriers and championing diversity.
New faculty tackle power, identity, health and war in fast-paced social sciences showcase
The School of Social Sciences’ latest Research Relay gives new Rice faculty members a platform to share their research.
Innovative internship program equips Rice graduate engineers with industry experience
The Rice Center for Engineering Leadership launched the Summer Engineering Innovation Program, a 10-week interdisciplinary initiative where graduate students collaborated with engineering leaders from industry and community organizations to solve real-world engineering challenges.
Rice Thresher named finalist for ‘Pulitzer Prize of college journalism’
Rice’s student newspaper, The Rice Thresher, was named a finalist for the Associated Collegiate Press Pacemaker Award. In university circles, the award is nicknamed “the Pulitzer Prize of college journalism,” recognizing outstanding performance for the paper as a whole.
New membrane extracts lithium from brines with greater speed, less waste
A team of researchers at Rice has developed a new membrane that selectively filters out lithium from brines, offering a faster, cleaner way to produce the element at the heart of nearly every rechargeable battery.
Rice Global India names first in-country director
Based in Bengaluru, Rice Global India is the university’s incubator for developing research and innovation partnerships and advancing educational exchange with industries and academic communities throughout India.
Forging her own path: Ortiz blends journalism, sport management, heritage
When Kathleen Ortiz arrived at Rice, she wasn’t sure if journalism would remain part of her life. A senior majoring in social policy analysis and sport management, Ortiz said she originally wanted to carve out an academic identity apart from her journalist parents — her mother, a high school journalism teacher and former reporter, and her father, the founder of a media company and longtime Houston Chronicle sports reporter.
One year after Hurricane Beryl, 1 in 10 Houston-area residents still need help
The Kinder Institute ’s Houston Population Research Center finds roughly 10% of area residents are still struggling to recover from Hurricane Beryl.
Faculty invited to teach at Venice International University as Rice joins global academic network
When classes began at Venice International University Sept. 8, a delegation from Rice University was there to witness it.
Fischer premieres Brandt concerto to celebrate Shepherd School’s milestone season
Professor of cello Norman Fischer was the soloist in the premiere, which marked the first of four debuts still to come this season in a multiyear initiative of seven faculty commissions.
